On the 8th October 2020 we are returning to Tharpakar, a remote province of Pakistan. This area is the seventh largest desert in the world  with 2000 villages that are home to almost 1.7 million people. only 10% of these people have access to clean fresh water.

We personally visited the region earlier this year and saw first hand the plight and the conditions that the people of this region were surviving in. No fresh or clean water, no sanitation facilities and barely a roof over their head.  It was upsetting to see that these people- a mixed community of Muslims, Christians & Hindus were living in such poor and squalid conditions. they have been forgotten.

We returned to the UK and promised to return once we could arrange enough money to go back and build villages to provide the following interventions:

To overcome the water scarcity issue, an advanced solar power water well will be installed. Using solar energy, the water pump works around the clock to store sufficient water in the storage tank so the people have 24 hour access to water in abundance, no only meeting their drinking needs but also for their domestic usage and livestock.

Water supply lines are also installed extending access to the solar water pumps by supporting distant households with piped water access to their doorsteps. In addition to this, the communities will be provided  with the agricultural tools, on farm trainings and climate smart agricultural seeds/inputs using the water from the solar wells to grow local vegetables and establish domestic kitchen gardens to meet their nutritional and dietary needs, thus saving hundreds of innocent lives dying from malnutrition each year. 20 pairs of milking goats will also be provided to widowed women in the village along with organsied livestock management trainings, deworming and vaccination of lifestock and fodder will also be provided.

Furthermore, solar street lights will be installed to support villagers with improved visibility in nights contributing towards their enhanced safety & security and reducing incidents of violence /harassment towards women and girls. Moreover, for improving health and hygiene and eliminating open defecation, 6 (3 male & 3 female) units of communal toilets will be constructed; each unit will comprise of 2 toilet facilities.

£35,000 will transform an entire village suffering from years of water scarcity by bringing sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene, innovative farming training, and livestock to a whole community of up to 1000 people, providing all the tools they need to
thrive.

We fundraised earlier this year where generous people of the UK helped and pledged funds for us to be able to built 15 of these villages in our first round providing access to fresh and clean water to 15,000 people per day.  The money raised will provide a Solar Water Filtration Plants  that will not only quench thirst but help communities lift themselves out of poverty and have clean water for many years to come.

We continue to fundraise to build as many of these villages as possible and look for your support.

.A fifth of the country's diseases are associated with poor sanitation and water quality and the district of Tharparkar has been one of the most areas effected where the only water source is unsafe groundwater. 

This cause of providing water has been at the heart of the Anzal Begum Foundation as Late mother of Bob and John Saddiq. Anzal Begum always supported the needy, especially those that don't have basic necessities in life such as access to clean water.

The Anzal Begum Foundation is a charity set up to continue the great Charitable work of a remarkable woman - Anzal Begum. To date, we have raised funds and donated to many projects with in the UK and internationally.

You can follow my journey and challenge on www.facebook.com/anzalbegumfoundation

Thank you for your continued support!